Thursday, October 25, 2007

Girardi a great fit for Dodgers

Who's a better manager for a pitching staff?

The guy who kept in a fragile Pedro Martinez in a huge playoff game when Pedro was falling apart like a 1993 Nissan Sentra, or a guy who had two pitchers in the top 20 in ERA in the National League is his first year as a big league manager?

Under Girardi, Joe Borowski had an ERA of under 4.Under Girardi, Annibal Sanchez had 10 wins.Under Girardi, Josh Johnson had an ERA of 3.10.Under Girardi, D-Train had a ERA of 3.87. This year, that ERA ballooned to 5.17.

In the year following his departure, the Marlins ERA rose by more than half a run.

You get the picture. Girardi, a former catcher knows how to handle a pitching staff. Grady Little has proven he has no idea how to handle a pitching staff (see collapse of Dodgers bullpen, 2007.)

Gym talk: Me telling Buller about Travis Henry:

"You know that fool has 9 kids by 9 different women in a bunch different states."